Registration is now open for the 2010 PD Therapeutics conference, hosted by The Michael J. Fox Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS). This year the event will take place at NYAS in New York City on October 6, 2010.

Chaired by Franz Hefti, PhD, chief scientific officer at Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, the conference is the only major scientific symposium exclusively focused on speeding therapeutic development for Parkinson’s disease.

Confirmed speakers include:
Raymond T. Bartus, PhD, Ceregene, Inc.
Erwan Bezard, PhD, Université de Bordeaux
Ann Martin Graybiel, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gerard Griffioen, PhD, reMYND NV
J. William Langston, MD, The Parkinson’s Institute
Patrick Little, PhD, Adolor Corporation
Kenneth Marek, MD, Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders
Jeremy R. Nichols, PhD, The Parkinson’s Institute
Gregory A. Petsko, PhD, Brandeis University
David E. Vaillancourt, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago

When: Wednesday October 6, 2010
Time: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Click here to read more about the event and for instructions on how to register.

For more information on the meeting, please email research@michaeljfox.org.